id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4900 Senedj - Wikipedia .html text/html 2747 595 78 Senedj (also known as Sened and Sethenes) was an early Egyptian king (pharaoh), who may have ruled during the 2nd Dynasty. At the left breakline an incised inscription gives the reading: "The king of Upperand Lower Egypt, Senedj". Egyptologists such as Wolfgang Helck, Nicolas Grimal, Hermann Alexander Schlögl and Francesco Tiradritti believe that king Nynetjer, the third ruler of 2nd dynasty, left a realm that was suffering from an overly complex state administration and that Nynetjer decided to split Egypt to leave it to his two sons (or, at least, two chosen successors) who would rule two separate kingdoms, in the hope that the two rulers could better administer the states.[18][19] In contrast, Egyptologists such as Barbara Bell believe that an economic catastrophe such as a famine or a long lasting drought affected Egypt. Wilkinson thinks that one of the Great Southern Galleries within the Necropolis of King Djoser (3rd Dynasty) was originally Senedj's tomb.[23] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4900.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4900.txt